Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

नियोजयति शाखाग्रे तरोरस्य सदैव हि । अनिर्विण्णतया हृष्टस्तदा सम्यङ्निरीक्षितः

Transliteration

niyojayati śākhāgre tarorasya sadaiva hi | anirviṇṇatayā hṛṣṭastadā samyaṅnirīkṣitaḥ

Translation

તે હંમેશાં વૃક્ષની શાખાના અગ્રભાગે જ પોતાને લગાડે છે; કદી કંટાળ્યા વિના હર્ષિત રહી લક્ષ્યને સાવધાનીથી નિહાળે છે।

Word by Word

• niyojayati: he places/appoints
• niyojayati: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-yuj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śākhā-agre: at the tip of the branch
• śākhā-agre: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śākhā (प्रातिपदिक) + agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• taroḥ: of the tree
• taroḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• asya: of this
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Discourse particle (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• hi: for/indeed
• hi: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle, explanatory/emphatic)

• anirviṇṇatayā: by/with undepressedness (unwearied spirit)
• anirviṇṇatayā: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anirviṇṇa (वि-विद्/वि-विद्?; here adjective ‘not despondent’) + -tā (तद्धित भाव)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; भाववाचक (abstract noun)

• hṛṣṭaḥ: delighted
• hṛṣṭaḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa (हृष् धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of implied subject)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• samyak: properly/well
• samyak: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• nirīkṣitaḥ: observed/seen
• nirīkṣitaḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa / Predicate participle
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग-सूचक (passive sense)

Speaker

Unspecified (Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice; likely continuing the bee/teacher metaphor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bee repeatedly returning to the same branch-tip, alert and joyful, eyes fixed on the nectar source; sense of patient labor.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual gain comes through steady, joyful perseverance and careful attention—without fatigue or discouragement.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha name appears in this verse; it functions as a moral/spiritual illustration within the Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the emphasis is on sustained discipline and attentive practice.